Spring is around the corner. Last Friday I could smell fresh cut grass everywhere and this weekend we all traded an hour of sleep for extra daylight.
I am starting to plan out my vegetable garden. I would like to improve my veggie-haul over last year. Improvement shouldn’t be difficult; I didn’t get anything planted until June last year, so I aim to be more proactive in 2012. Also, my tomato plant withered and died too quickly. It was an heirloom from Oregon so I think it was ill-equipped for my Washington soils and bugs. My pepper plant blossomed late and never ripened. I was able to enjoy a few zucchinis and cucumbers, but then I went on a three-week vacation at the peak of harvest season. My neighbor kindly watered my potted garden, but she did not pick anything. A foot-long and 5-inch diameter cucumber greeted me upon my return. After that, my cucucmber plant didn’t really produce any more cucumbers.
Here’s an infographic I found about DIY home gardeners from Infographics Archive. It says the median garden size is 96 square feet…mine was 4 pots that added up to 5 square feet. I can’t wait until I get a bigger yard one day.
